Whether it was a letdown after an impressive Sept. 7 tournament win at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, or some other factor, the Baldwinsville girls volleyball team found itself trailing Fayetteville-Manlius early in last Monday’s SCAC Metro division match.
In fact, the Bees nearly fell behind two sets before rallying to win in four over the Hornets, but it was far from a sure thing.
A series of mistakes by B’ville allowed F-M to grab the first set 25-23 and keep the second set close, too. But when the Bees recovered to win that set 25-22, it settled down.
The next two sets each went 25-14 in B’ville’s favor as Summer McClintic put together a fine all-around performance, mixing in 13 assists with 11 kills.
Jenna Garvey’s seven aces set the tone as she stayed on the back line to record 23 assists. Sophia Kordas earned 10 kills, while Brooke Clute had five kills and Margaret Dec had four k ills.
Megan Brecht had three aces and nine digs, Clute and Alexandra Molini adding seven digs apiece. For F-M, Juliana Myagkota managed 14 kills, with Nina Avery notching 10 kills and Kendra Broddus getting eight kills. Defensively, Morgan Napier notched 18 digs.
With league wins over Liverpool and F-M secure, B’ville routed Henninger 25-7, 25-8, 25-12 on Wednesday night.
Jenna Wallace got six aces and 12 assists to lead the Bees. Emma Legault and Taylor LaPage got a chance to shine, each with six kills. Brecht added four kills as she, along with Garvey and Kyrah Wilbur, had three aces apiece.
After a rare Saturday without a tournament, B’ville goes to Victor this weekend after league matches against West Genesee and Corcoran,.
Moving to boys volleyball, Baldwinsville had a strong start to its league slate, fighting hard in a 25-20, 28-26, 25-21 sweep over the Syracuse City team in last Tuesday night’s match.
Dylan Bramble finished with seven assists, while John Morrissey served up four aces. Up front, Curtiss Hey had four kills, with Morrissey and Kristof Pawelek each getting three kills. Aidan Priest added two kills.
Back home Thursday night, B’ville took on Oswego, and it turned into a classic, the Bees nearly surrendering a big lead before holding off the Buccaneers in five sets.
A close first set went 27-25 in B’ville’s favor, and it also claimed the second set 25-21. Two points from a sweep, the Bees instead saw Oswego pull out the third set 26-24 and then add a 25-20 win in the fourth set to get even.
In the final-set race to 15 points, B’ville barely won it, 15-12, over the Bucs as Carter Healey finished the night with 38 assists, many of the passes going to Priest, who put away 19 kills.
Bradford Doubleday not only had nine kills, he recorded 13 digs as Hey and Ben Stisser both got seven kills, Stisser adding three blocks. For Oswego, Cole Pratt had 16 kills and Riley Mahoney had 15 kills, with Nathan DeVinny getting 39 assists.
After going to the Victor Tournament on Saturday, B’ville’s boys challenge defending sectional champion Cicero-North Syracuse next Tuesday and face F-M on Thursday before a match against Canisius (Buffalo) at the C-NS gym Saturday afternoon.
As for the girls Bees, it would take on West Genesee and Corcoran and then, next Saturday, head to its own tournament at Victor.
